Chuck Feeney Quotes
I cannot think of a more personally rewarding and appropriate use of wealth than to give while one is living.
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There are no soft or slothful ways to become sanctified to the point that we are prepared to live in the presence of the Savior. And there can be blessings in the burdens we bear. As a result of these struggles, our souls are stretched and our spirits are strengthened. Our character becomes more Christlike as we are tried and tested.
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I propose a Constitutional Amendment providing that, if any public official, elected or appointed, at any level of government, is caught lying to any member of the public for any reason, the punishment shall be death by public hanging.
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I think that its easy to think of the environment as all doom and gloom and that, 'What can we do, it's too late. And the polar bears are gone, and everything is gone.' But really, just the little steps that we can make as individuals make a big difference.
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The investor of today does not profit from yesterday's growth.
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Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.
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I don't really give into all that philosophical talks that 'money is not everything.'
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I don't loathe interviews, I'm just one of those people who makes music because I find it difficult to talk.
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There are several very good websites which describe the details of preparedness planning for citizens.
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No man need go blindly to destruction, for God has given him guidance and power of seeing whither he goes.
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Education is the development of power and ideal.
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Trust me: I do hit the snooze button about 4 times.
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I remember my first actor that I really, really fell in love with was Tom Hanks. I suppose when I was growing up and getting more serious about acting, at that point, he was the biggest actor in the world.
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People put me on a box, and I love when people think they know what I am capable of or not capable of. I thrive off of that.
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A family can develop only with a loving woman as its center.
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Idleness is the heaviest of all oppressions.
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The most insistent and formidable concern of agriculture, wherever it is taken seriously, is the distinct individuality of every farm, every field on every farm, every farm family, and every creature on every farm.
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By cultivating friendliness towards happiness and compassion towards misery, gladness towards virtue and indifference towards vice, the mind becomes pure.
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Il y a toujours quelque chose d’absent qui me tourmente.
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No one can depute authority. It comes too much from personal accidents, and too little from reason or law to be handed over to others.
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I distinctly remember being very young, sixth grade maybe, and being at a party and hearing the mothers discuss the children. And the mothers said, 'Well, it's very clear who's the leader in the group.' And they were talking about me!
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When I work with countries struggling to pay for budgets or finance trade deficits, I reflect on how Americans do not spend a moment considering the unique advantages of being able to issue bonds and print money freely.
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The best proof that there’s intelligent life in outer space is the fact that it hasn’t come here.
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I wasn't athletic as a kid, and I was self-conscious about my body, but then in eighth grade I won a school contest, and the prize was a bunch of personal training sessions.
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I cannot think of a more personally rewarding and appropriate use of wealth than to give while one is living.
